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Fast Five
Justin Lin, 2011
Usually, by the time the time you get to the fifth movie in a series you will have gotten sick of it by then. This has been the case with series such as Saw, but surprisingly enough, that isn’t the case with the Fast and Furious. Fast Five has been the best out of the series, really making it more than just a car film. They seem to be focusing more now of the action and plot rather than just the cars. When I saw Tokyo Drift for the first time, I thought that it would be the end of the series. I thought they couldn’t get any lower, but then they made Fast and Furious, which was my favorite sequel out of the series when it came out. They seemed to realize the mistakes they were making in the early sequels and is trying to improve it now, and it’s actually getting better as the series goes on now.
They brought back the entire cast from all the four previous films pretty much, and it worked well. I feel as though it worked better because they all had chemistry from working with each other before, rather than bringing in an entirely new cast. On top of that, they did introduce some new characters as well, like Dwayne Johnson’s character. I really loved the presence he brought to the screen; he really helped get your blood pumping during some of the action scenes.
As I said before, something that I love from these new sequels is that they’re really taking a lot of the focus away from the cars. This addition is essentially more of a heist film than anything else. They use the cars to carry out the heist, but there’s actually not much focus on the cars at all. I think this really helps with marketing as well, because it brings in a different audience to come see the movie; they already have all of the car fanatics in there because of all the previous films.
They really upped the action, as well. There were times during the movie that made you just want to jump out of your seats and cheer. I think despite there being a decent amount of action in the previous films, you still won’t be expecting how much action there is in this one. The scenes are so over the top, too. At one part, they’re actually dragging a gigantic vault down a busy street with only two cars, being chased by numerous police cars; nothing in the previous films come even close to it. It’s just something you have to see for yourself.
All in all, I think this along with Scream 4 have been my favorite movies of the year so far. I know there are some people who try to label these movies as bad, but come on, it’s just meant to be a fun action film and that’s exactly what it is. I personally can’t wait to see the next installment in the series, especially after how that ending caught me off guard.
Fast Five
Justin Lin, 2011
Usually, by the time the time you get to the fifth movie in a series you will have gotten sick of it by then. This has been the case with series such as Saw, but surprisingly enough, that isn’t the case with the Fast and Furious. Fast Five has been the best out of the series, really making it more than just a car film. They seem to be focusing more now of the action and plot rather than just the cars. When I saw Tokyo Drift for the first time, I thought that it would be the end of the series. I thought they couldn’t get any lower, but then they made Fast and Furious, which was my favorite sequel out of the series when it came out. They seemed to realize the mistakes they were making in the early sequels and is trying to improve it now, and it’s actually getting better as the series goes on now.
They brought back the entire cast from all the four previous films pretty much, and it worked well. I feel as though it worked better because they all had chemistry from working with each other before, rather than bringing in an entirely new cast. On top of that, they did introduce some new characters as well, like Dwayne Johnson’s character. I really loved the presence he brought to the screen; he really helped get your blood pumping during some of the action scenes.
As I said before, something that I love from these new sequels is that they’re really taking a lot of the focus away from the cars. This addition is essentially more of a heist film than anything else. They use the cars to carry out the heist, but there’s actually not much focus on the cars at all. I think this really helps with marketing as well, because it brings in a different audience to come see the movie; they already have all of the car fanatics in there because of all the previous films.
They really upped the action, as well. There were times during the movie that made you just want to jump out of your seats and cheer. I think despite there being a decent amount of action in the previous films, you still won’t be expecting how much action there is in this one. The scenes are so over the top, too. At one part, they’re actually dragging a gigantic vault down a busy street with only two cars, being chased by numerous police cars; nothing in the previous films come even close to it. It’s just something you have to see for yourself.
All in all, I think this along with Scream 4 have been my favorite movies of the year so far. I know there are some people who try to label these movies as bad, but come on, it’s just meant to be a fun action film and that’s exactly what it is. I personally can’t wait to see the next installment in the series, especially after how that ending caught me off guard.